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Dane·geld (-geld′)

noun

an Anglo-Saxon tax supposedly first levied to support forces resisting the Danes invading England and later continued as a land tax

Etymology: ME < ON *Danagiald < Dana, gen. pl. of Danr, Dane + gjald, payment, penalty, akin to OE gieldan: see yield

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